For 20 years it was the gateway to the Pine Creek goldfields, home to 200 residents, four hotels, a post office and numerous businesses.

"A town full of miners with hope in their eyes on their way to make their fortune, and those returning sick tired and destitute drowned their sorrows, before catching the first ship out," according to historian Kay Goon.

So what happened to turn Southport into a ghost town for almost a hundred years, and why is the shooting star about to make a return visit, possibly with a longer lifespan?

You can text on 0487 99 1057 or call Julia on 1300 057 222 to tell your southport yarns.